INCUMBENTS OF ALL SAINTS BURBAGE, 1086 - 2003
VITALIS 1086
  As recorded in the Domesday Book. He also held Hurstbourne Tarrant in Hampshire
THURSTAN fitz VITALIS in 1100
The son of Vitalis and he also held Hurstbourne
WILLIAM GIFFARD before 1159 to sometime before 1175
RICHARD BARRE before 1175 - about 1210
BARTHOLOMEW DES ROCHES about 1210 - 1230
LUKE DES ROCHES 1231 - about 1250
  He also held Hurstbourne Tarrant
THOMAS HYWORTH vicar in 1404; prob died 1408
ALEXANDER CHAMPION   December 1408; still present January 1413
Cited as an adulterer and fornicator
WILLIAM LYNSEY ?; Died 13/1/1562
THOMAS PELLINGE 1562; Died 6/10/1593
[PELLYNG, PELLING] He had a son who was Rector of Bath and Trowbridge.
GEORGE COMING [CUMIN, COMMYN]   October 25, 1593 - 1645?
Married (1) Mary Pellinge, widow of Thomas Pellinge in 1593 who died in 1623 aged over 80. (2) Edith Stagg in 1631 when he was 60. George Cumin rented the Church Green between 1602 -1609 and possibly beyond
  [ISRAEL RIDLEY 1627
Licensed Preacher - a curate?]
  [ROBERT FENTON 1601
"Late of Meere did preach at Burbage" - a curate?]
HUGH NASH 1645 - 1646
  Ejected in 1646
THOMAS TAYLOR 1646 - 1662
  A Presbyterian. Ejected in 1662 and joined a group of ministers who had suffered a similar fate to preach at a conventicle which met by 1669 at the house of Nathaniel Fiennes, lord of the manor of Newton Tony.
HUGH NASH 1662 - 1662
  Re-instated upon the ejection of Thomas Taylor
ABEL SHEPHERD [SHEPPARD]   1/4/1662 - 1666
Left shortly before 16th Jan 1666/7. His patron was a lay person; Widow Judith White of Boscomb.
SAMUEL CHERRY 1666 - 1670
  Presented as Perpetual Vicar on 16th January 1666. Died shortly before 3rd May 1670. His patron was Samuel Rogers DD, Cannon of Salisbury and Prebendary of Hurstbourne & Burbage. The living was worth £50. Obtained a BA at Magdalen College on 6/7/1621 and a MA on 13/6/1629. He was appointed vicar of Great Bookham, Surrey in 1626.
RICHARD CHERRY 1670 - 1695
  Instituted 3rd May 1670 but was not ordained at Clarence Hall, Cambridge until 24th September 1670. His patron was Daniel Whitby DD, Prebendary of Hurstbourne & Burbage. Richard died October 21, 1695
EDWARD HARDWICK 1695 - 1696
  Instituted 16th December 1695, resigned 2nd November 1696. His patron was Daniel Whitby DD, Prebendary of Hurstbourne & Burbage. Married Susanah King of Netheravon. Canon residentary of Salisbury.
THOMAS ANDREWS 1696 - 1741
  Instituted 2nd November 1696 and resigned 8th December 1741. His patron was Jacob Canaries, Prebendary of Hurstbourne & Burbage. He was the Vicar in 1720 when the Commons of the parish were enclosed. During his time he had many curates and so possibly was not permanently resident.
HENRY HOWARD 1741 - 1766/7
  Instituted on the 8th December 1741. Buried January 20, 1766/7. Last Baptism entry 9th March 1766. Bachelor, Resident. His patron was Charles Moss MA, Prebendary of Hurstbourne & Burbage.
CHARLES MOSS 1766/7 - 1772
  Bishop of Oxford 1807-1812. Son of Charles Moss, Bishop of St. David's then Bishop of Bath and Wells. Later Canon residentary of Salisbury.
PETER DEBARRY 1772 - 1814
  Died January 1814 aged 90. He was also Vicar of Hurstbourne Tarrant from 1755 (for 58 years) and held both in plurality following the departure of Charles Moss. Non-resident in Burbage he lived and died at Hurstbourne where there is a significant tombstone to him and his wife, Ann, in the churchyard and memorials to their children in the Chancel. He left a turnpike bond of £25 the interest from which to be applied by succeeding Vicars in purchasing Religious books and tracts. This is the Chitton Pond Turnpike Trust and brings 19/- annually which was re-invested after the dissolution of the Turnpike Trust with augmentation of £35 in Consols (a total of £60) by Rev. T.L. Kimgsbury, AD 1886. A poster describing his bequest hangs in St. Peter's Church, Hurstbourne Tarrant.
JOHN RUSSEL 1814; Resigned 1817/8
  Afterwards Master of Charter House School and Rector of Bishopsgate London. He was also the Vicar of Hurstbourne Tarrant during these years and was non-resident in Burbage.
PHILIP SCOTT FISHER 1817/8; Died 1841
  Son of Dr. Fisher, Master of Charter House. He was also the Vicar of Hurstbourne Tarrant during these years and was non-resident in Burbage.
JOHN SHEPHARD GALE   1841 - 1851?; Died Sept. 15,1852
Late curate of Hurstbourne. Prescribed by the Prebendary of Hurstbourne. Resident. He had retired shortly before his death and was buried in Burbage.
THOMAS STANTON 1851?; Died March 24,1875
  MA Christ College Cambridge. BA 1831. Late Rector of Shaftesbury. JP. Presented by Dr. Edward Denison, Bishop of Salisbury. Prebendary of Salisbury. Rural Dean and Archdeacon of Wiltshire from 1868 to 1874. Builder of the [Old] Vicarage, the schools and rebuilder of the Church. The Baptism Register shows that he was active in the parish on December 28th 1851.
THOMAS LUCK KINGSBURY   1875; resigned 1879
Resigned for the Rectory of Kingston Deverill, Wilts
MA Trinity College Cambridge. MA 1851. Inducted to the Living of Burbage on May 14, 1875. Chaplain to the Marquess of Ailesbury. Prebendary of Salisbury.
Builder of the Stanton Aisle.
JOHN HERBERT PLOWMAN   1879; Died March 24, 1890
MA Trinity College Cambridge 1866. Inducted to the Living of Burbage October 3, 1879. Buried at Burbage.
WILLIAM AUGUSTINE HEYGATE   1890; resigned 1900
Resigned for the Rectory of Gillingham.
MA New College Oxford. Late Vicar of Leigh, Dorset. Inducted to the Living of Burbage June 30, 1890. First Chairman of Burbage Parish Council, being elected December 31, 1894.
EDWARD CLIFFORD HAWKES   1900; resigned 1903
Resigned through ill health. MA Corpus Christi College Cambridge. Formerly the Rector of Langton Matravers, Dorset. Inducted February 1, 1900. Died aged 67 at Brixton Deverill 28/12/1920
RICHARD de CRESPIGNY THELWALL   1903; Resigned June 1913
Resigned for the Vicarage of St. Oswald, Bordesley, Birmingham, by exchange.
Formerly Warden of the Society of St. Andrews, Diocese of Sarum. Inducted to the Living of Burbage on April 14, 1903. He converted the Stanton Aisle into the St Thomas's Chapel which became more popularly known as the Lady Chapel.
He died while in service in Birmingham but his body is buried in Burbage churchyard.
HUBERT SANDS 1913; Died October 5, 1922
  Exchanged with the Rev. R. de C. Thelwall. MA of Oriel College Oxford. Vicar of St. Oswald, Bordesley from 1889 (1899?) to 1913. Rural Dean of Bordesley 1905-1913. Hon. Cannon of Birmingham 1906-1913. Instituted to the Living of Burbage by the Bishop of Salisbury July 4, 1913. Inducted by the Archdeacon of Wiltshire July 21, 1913. Died whilst still in service 5th October 1922 and is buried in Burbage churchyard.
ALLEN WILFRED BULL   1923 - 1931
MA Wadham College Oxford. Associate of King's College London. Rector of Bradford Peverell, Dorset 1905-1909. Rector of Chardstock All Saints 1909-1914. Vicar of Shrewton and Maddington, Wiltshire 1914-1923. Instituted by the Bishop of Salisbury January 22, 1923. Inducted April 25, 1923.
ALEXANDER GEORGE BAKER   1931; Resigned 1946.
MA Sammual College Cambridge. Rector of Woodsford with Tuckley, Dorset. PC Shipley, Sussex. C in C Eaglescliffe Junction, Durham.
HOMER HILL 1946; Resigned July 1949
  BA St. Johns College Durham. Oak Hill College Southgate. Vicar of St. Thomas, Barnsbury, London 1941-1946. Chaplain RNVR 1943-1946. Inducted November 5, 1946.
CHARLES EDWIN LAURENCE HARRIS 1950; Resigned October 31,1965
Regular Officer Indian Army 1916 -1947. Brigadier retired. Assistant Curate, Holy Trinity, Dorchester 1948 -1949. Instituted by the Bishop of Salisbury January 17, 1950. Inducted by the Archdeacon of Wiltshire (Cannon J.W. Coulton) January 17, 1950.
ANDREW ROY WOODFORD   1965; Resigned 1972; Died March 26, 1983
Theological college. Assistant Curate St. John the Baptist, Pewsey 1962-1965. Instituted by the Archdeacon of Wiltshire (the Venerable C.A. Plaxton MA) December 16, 1965.
DEREK HENRY HUNT 1972; Resigned February 6, 1978
  London College of Divinity. Assistant Curate Christ Church, Roxeth, Middlesex 1962-1966. Senior Curate Radpole, Weymouth 1966-1970. Priest-in-Charge Shalbourne with Ham 1970-1972. Instituted and Inducted Vicar of Burbage July 1972.
ALAN BEARDSMORE 1978; Resigned 1980
  Resigned to become Chaplain, Royal Navy.
Wycliffe Hall Oxford. Assistant Curate St. Mary's, Prittlewell, Essex 1970-1972. Assistant Curate St. Martin's, Epsom 1972 -1978. Team Vicar - Wexcombe Team Ministry.
JEREMY DUDGEON ANDERSON   1981; Resigned March 4, 1991
Trinity College Bristol 1975 -1977. Assistant Curate at Battersea (?), Southampton 1977-1981. Licensed Team Vicar - Wexcombe. Resigned to become "Evangelical Enabler to the Reading Deanery"
NICHOLAS LEIGH-HUNT 1991 - present

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